Graphic Design

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Graphic designers hold a pivotal position in the world of communication, even though the public is unaware of the designer's work. Advertising and labeling are the work of graphic designers. All the readable labels and signs in the marketplace  not only informs the public of products and services - the graphic artist talent is on display: restaurant menus, billboards, product packaging, clothing labeling, birthday cards, - and don't forget - Web pages.

Much of our economy depends on graphic communication in offices, on tablets, in shopping malls and grocery stores. So artists must be aware of trends, competition, and a role in the community. The aesthetic sensibility of the artist can lead a business to boom or bust. The graphic artist must remain attuned to the needs of business and communication.

Much of our economy depends on graphic communication in offices, on tablets, in shopping malls and grocery stores. So artists must be aware of trends, competition, and a role in the community. The aesthetic sensibility of the artist can lead a business to boom or bust. The graphic artist must remain attuned to the needs of business and communication.

"Graphic designers are the architects of the printed word ...."

~ Careers in Art

Brommer, Gerald F.

Gatto, Joseph A.


Graphic Designer

Graphic design is mostly a commercial art. When we shop on the Web or visit a marketplace, graphic design is in play as a tool in commerce. To attract our attention, designers combine several elements such as type, photography, copy or text, illustrations, computers and the accompanying specialist artists. These artists are an essential element allied to business.

Graphic designers are visual communicators. The artist's talent in conveying an essential idea or product concept will make a company successful. The graphic artist will work with a team to review client needs; then, the artist produces a few rough ideas for the client. After being reviewed by the client, the approved design is produced as a sign, a package, or a billboard, according to need. The success of the design is then assessed after the public reacts.

Starting out in a graphic design career usually begins by working with experienced designers And then, the artist may follow a path of a a preferred specialty.

Your Qualities

... getting ready

  • artistic talent
  • design sense
  • imagination
  • style
  • appreciation for research
  • drawing & sketching
  • lettering and typefaces
  • design sense: shape, color, form
  • ability to visualize
  • ability to work in teams

~ Take art classes ...

  • drawing
  • design
  • drafting
  • painting
  • photography
  • crafts
  • printmaking
  • graphic design
  • computer courses

~ build a portfolio

~ seek part-time work with graphic artists

~ review current graphic design examples

 ... review post secondary colleges and universities for design programs

Graphic Design categories

Type Designer

Logo Design and Corporate Identity

Advertising Agency

Package Designer

Corporate of Free-Lance

Other Careers in Graphic design:

  • Advertising-Agency Fashion Art Director
  • Advertising-Agency TV Art Director
  • Airbrush Artist
  • Architectural Graphic Artist
  • Art Director
  • Art-School Design Teacher
  • Book-Jacket Designer
  • Calligrapher
  • Cartographer
  • CD-jacket Designer
  • Creative director
  • Greeting -Card Designer
  • Illustrator
  • Letterer
  • Multimedia Graphic artist
  • Outdoor-Advertising Designer
  • Photographer
  • Poster Artist
  • Retail-Store Art Director
  • Senior Art Director
  • Sign Painter
  • Silkscreen Artist
  • Title Designer
  • Web-Site Designer

Publication Design and Illustration job titles

Magazine Design

Book Designer

Editorial Illustrator

Cartoonist/Comic-Strip Artist

Technical Illustrator

Other Careers in Publication and Illustration

  • Airbush Artist
  • Architectural Delineator
  • Bookbinder
  • Book-Jacket Designer
  • Botanical Illustrator
  • Caricaturist
  • Cartographer
  • Cart artist
  • Children's Book Illustrator
  • Fantasy Illustrator
  • Greeting-Card designer
  • Industrial Illustrator
  • Medical Illustrator
  • Mural Artist
  • Photo Researcher
  • Product Illustrator
  • Science-fiction Illustrator
  • Science Illustrator
  • Storyboard Illustrator
  • Teacher

Photography categories

Photojournalist

Fashion Photographer

Product and Food Photographer

Other Careers in Photography

  • Aerial Photographer
  • Biological Photographer
  • Commercial  Studio Photographer
  • Corporate Photographer
  • Fine Art Photographer
  • Law Enforcement Photographer
  • Legal Photographer
  • Medical Photographer
  • Microfilm Supervisor
  • Museum Photographer
  • Photographer of Fine Art
  • Photographic colorist
  • Photographic Engineer
  • Photographic Salesperson
  • Photography Gallery Owner
  • Portrait Photographer
  • Retoucher
  • Teacher

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